Dozens of major health organizations have called for legal and safe access to medical marijuana, including, the American College of Physicians, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Nurses Association.
In a White House-commissioned 1999 report, the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine declared, “Nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety are all afflictions of wasting and all can be mitigated by marijuana.”
A November 2005 nationwide Gallup poll showed 78 percent of Americans “support making marijuana legally available for doctors to prescribe in order to reduce pain and suffering.”
Physicians are legally allowed to prescribe many drugs that are far more dangerous than marijuana. It makes no sense to prohibit them from including marijuana as a treatment option for their patients.
Candace Crow
Neosho
Opinion
Voices: Medical marijuana
- Opinion
-
-
Our View: Make voting easiser
This year’s ballot will not include a proposed constitutional amendment that photo identification be required at the polls in Missouri. Good.
-
Scott Charton, guest columnist: 'Deadline in Disaster' film a story about storytellers
Local newspapers are at their best when they help their communities confront, understand, endure and overcome shared challenges.
-
Anson Burlingame, guest columnist: Class of 2012 upholds character, hope
My oldest granddaughter was part of the class of 2012 from Joplin High School, and I attended the ceremony on Monday night.
-
Our View: Remembering and moving on
The community — make that the nation — will spend today remembering the 161 lives lost in the most destructive tornado in modern-day record keeping.
-
Our View: Inspiring all of us
We look forward to the speeches of honor student Michelle Barchak and others Monday night when they address the 2012 Joplin High School graduating class — along with President Barack Obama and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.
- Rebecca Spracklen Kanan: Ode to Joplin (5-22-11)
-
R. Duane Graham, guest columnist: Trees — and communities — require time to grow
“I never saw a discontented tree,” said the great naturalist John Muir.
Well, I have seen a lot of discontented trees in Joplin this past year as I have moved through the still-healing disruption that tracks across our town . . . -
Emily Fuller, guest columnist: Two cities, two tornadoes
I’ve been afraid of storms ever since I can remember. When I was 4, my dad told me if I stood too close to the windows in our house I could be struck by lightening.
-
Kevin Wilson, guest columnist: The world isn't ending, but the spending must
OK, let’s get something out on the table right from the get-go: I am not, and have never claimed to be, an economist.
-
Roy Blunt, guest columnist: Spirit of Joplin resilient one year after disaster
I served the people of Joplin for 14 years in the U.S. House. I live about 60 miles from Joplin, and I’ve been here hundreds of times. Having grown up in Southwest Missouri, I’m also familiar with tornado damage.
- More Opinion Headlines
-
Secret Service Boss: 'I Apologize'
Giant Bull Head Draws Drivers to South Dakota
Astrodome Fades As Houston Decides Fate
Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election
Franciscan Files Tell Stories of Priest Abuse
Wildfire Destroys 2 Homes
Flight Diverted After Suspicious Note
Joplin Remembers Deadly Tornado, 1 Year Later
Panel Recommends Against Routine Prostate Test
Fired Lingerie Employee Claims Discrimination
Joplin Marches to 'Remember' Tornado Victims
Facebook Shares Continue Negative Slide
Cuba Waiting for Cyber Age to Come
8 Hurt in Oklahoma Shooting After NBA Playoff
Sheriff: DNA Links Suspect to Missing CA Teen
US Airways: Diverted Flight Has 'Landed Safely'
Revived Focus on Regulation After JPMorgan Loss
